Low Skills to Hamper Spain, Italy Revival, OECD Says

Workers Are Least Skilled Among 24 Developed Countries, Study Finds

Workers in Spain and Italy are the least skilled among 24 developed countries surveyed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a deficit that is likely to impede the ability of those two countries to boost their competitiveness as part of efforts to overcome the euro-zone fiscal crisis.

In a report that covered a wide range of countries, the OECD also concluded that in both the U.S. and the U.K., younger people...